In October 2023, the China (Sichuan) Pilot Free Trade Zone "Linking the World" European Event Ireland Economic and Trade Promotion Conference was successfully held in Dublin. At the promotion conference, Zigong Lantern Culture Industry Group Co., Ltd. made a special presentation and showed guests and people in Ireland credible, lovely, and respectable images unique to China such as "giant panda", "China dragon", and "Jurassic" as well as the beauty of ancient and mysterious oriental traditional culture, demonstrated China's cultural confidence, and publicized the brand image of Zigong lanterns. Moreover, it signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Dublin Zoo in Ireland to hold the 7th China Lantern Festival. It also reached a preliminary intention to cooperate with three other main institutions to hold the Lantern Festival, with an estimated project amount of RMB 18 million.

China (Sichuan) Pilot Free Trade Zone "Linking the World" European Event aims to showcase Sichuan's advantageous and characteristic industries, products, and enterprises, as well as its enterprise development policies and favorable business environment, further enhance mutual understanding between trade enterprises and industry institutions in Europe such as Sichuan and Ireland, and lay a foundation for exploring new cooperation opportunities. Through this event, the enterprise market has been further expanded and the effectiveness of the event is gradually showing.